Yorktown Apollo Recovery (CVS 10) - Naval Cruise Book

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tional courage in helping land a disabled Super Executive- Officer in May, 1968. Constellation with 74 personnel aboard. His wife is the former Mary Anita Grimaldi He received orders to the Yorktown as CIC' of Baltimore,Maryland. They have two child Officer in March 1966. He also served as ren, asonBilly and a rnarrieddaughter. Operations Gfficer before assuming duties as Depart ment Heads 'Wh -914110 Cdr Frank W. Preston Cdr Owen A. Kidd Cdr Donald 1. Childers Weapons Officer Navigation Officer Operations Officer E in if Cdr Rrchafri 3, Ngff' if, cur nano H. Thomas cor Charles ra. Alderman Air Officer Engineering Officer Supply Officer f'firifr51 g - 1 H T' A ,Q .1 ' . ' 4 N f. it Q, Cdr George A. Stanton Cdr George F. Wagoner Lcdr James Dental Officer Medical Officer Communications Officer AIMO Officer Page 4 P. Jackson, lr. Lcdr Byron A. Gaudry

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C um The Commanding ff leer lima Captain John G. Fifield entered the Navy through the ' ' Naval Aviation Cadet Program, receiving his wings at Pensacola in 1943. His. World War II assignments includ- ed duty with Patrol Squadrons 113, 112, and 120 flying anti-submarine missions out of North Africa, England and Alaska. After a. brief tour with Patrol Squadron 122, he 'I served as Director of Naval Officer Procurement in Bos- ton, Mass. for two years. Upon completion of the general line course at U. S. Naval f School, Monterey, Calif. , Captain Fifield was assigned to C Anti-Submarine Development Squadron One. In 1952 he commenced a two year tour at the Naval Air Technical Training Center, Norman, Oklahoma. This was followed by duty as CIC Officer on the USS Ticonderoga. In 1956 Captain Fifield departed to Patrol College- Squadron 23 for a three year tour which cul- Captain Fifield is a graduate of Colby Col- minated with a year as Commanding Officer. 1939 and the NHUOHH1 Wal' C011Gge- He has a Tours in the Aviation Training Division of Master's Degree in International Affairs from OPNAV and on the Staff of Commander in George Washington University. Chief, .Atlantic Fleet followed. In July, 1965 He is married to the former Shirley Carpen- Captain Fifield assumed command of the USS ter. They have two children, Richard, a student Monrovia. He came to Yorktown last July at Old Dominion College in Norfolk, Vir- from duty on the faculty of the Naval War g-mia, and a daughter Joan. The Executive fficer I Commander William L. Parks, Jr. was born on March 31, 1924 in West Enterprise, Mississippi. He graduatedfrom East Central Junior College in Decatur, Mississippi, in June 1943 with an Associate Arts degree. Four months later, he entered the Navy. Designated 'a Naval Aviator and commissioned an Ensign in July 1945, he subsquently ad- vanced to the rank of Commander on January 1, 1963. Advanced pilot training at NAS Fort Lauderdale, Florida was followed by three years as a pilot with VB-3. Commander Parks attended the University of Mississippi for three semesters and then completed 18 months of instructor duty at Pensacola, Florida. Commander Parks reported to the USS Tawara as a CIC Watch Officer in November 1951 after finishing CIC Officer for three years with VQ-1,and in Feb- Officer School in Glenview, Illinois. .After I-uary 1954 Completed athree year tour as graduating fI'0II1 the U- S- Naval General Line Meteorological Officer for NAS J ax! Fair J ax. and Post Graduate School in Monterey, Calif. Commander Parks was Executive Officer for with a B.S. degree in A9I'010giC21 Engineering.. VW-1 for two years. There he received a he served as MeteorologicalOfficer on the USS Letter of Commendation for Heroic action Philippine Sea. where he also qualified as OOD throughout a three and one-half hour ordeal, Underway. He next served as Administrative demonstrating outstanding skill and excep- Page 3

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Dependent's Day Cruise--Nov. Z3 With the preparations for lunch in full swing, Capt John G. Fifield regretfully announced the inevitable: Today's Dependentls Day Cruise has been cancelled due to aerological circum- stances. To be specific another gigantic glob of Los Angeles smog and fog had descended upon Long Beach. Visibility was at less than 100 feet. Foremost on the minds of the over 1,500 wives, relatives and friends of the Yorktown crewmembers, who were aboard on November 23, was the Fighting Lady's December plans. Early December would be spent off San Diego filming the 20th Century Fox movie, Torol Toro! Toro! , a documentary movie on the bombing of Pearl Harbor at the start of World War Il. The rest of December would be spent preparing for the recovery of the Apollo 8 Moon orbit in the Pacific. Sitting at the pier in Long Beach did not stop the effective displays on the hangar deck and demonstrations on the flight deck by crewmem- bers. The only dissappointment was that the ship could not leave the pier because of the smog and fog. ,f 1, K -41, 2,1 ,, A l yrf! ,te ny Qi? WAITING FOR WORD--Crewmembers and guests stand by waiting for the word to take in all lines so the ship can get underway. kb' 'l , 'Hia ll EFI.lZE.Q TUUR ISLAND--Dependents tour the island structure while waiting for the fog to lift. Fog finally prevented the ship from getting underway. THE DARN FOG --Relatives and friends of crewmembers lounge on the flight deck after having lunch and touring the ship. Page 5